Tomatoes & trusses

[VegGirl]

Hi everybody, this is my second year of growing veggies and my question is:
Do you still wait to pinch out the top of your tomato plant after 5 trusses if the plant takes til nearly 6ft before this happens? This happened to me when I grew the Tigerella tomato variety!
I'd also like to know if I can grow regular onions in tubs and how many to grow in each container, or should I mix them with carrots as I believe the smell of the onion confuses the dreadded carrotfly?
Looking forward to any advice,
VegGirl

[fivespud364]

I very rarely pinch the tops out of my tomatoes i just feed them well and let them keep going however to get better trusses it is better to pinch them out after 5 or 6 trusses doesnt really matter how tall the plant is.

Onions should be fine in a container give them 4-6 inches between the sets depending how big you want your onions and i see no reason why you cant sprinkle some carrot seed between them as long as you keep the container well fed

[VegGirl]

Thanks Keith for your advice. Just to clarify, when you talk about onion 'sets', is that one bulb or do I group the bulbs together but then 3-4 inches apart ?
Sorry, very novice questions here!
Jacey (VegGirl)

[fivespud364]

put single bulbs 4 inches apart

[Nick the Grief]

There are one or two people that show onions that are grown in pots ( well flower buckets) and they regularly win. As to your tomato's if youve room why not plant them at an angle and then they can grow a bit more and still be in reach.